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Comment on “Hungry for love and it’s feeding time…“ by 5k40 https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/hungry-for-love-and-its-feeding-time/#comment-30270
Tue, 26 May 2020 12:42:56 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2287#comment-30270Great post. Never considered it from such a simple, yet evocative, angle.
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Comment on “Hungry for love and it’s feeding time…“ by Joe Katzman https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/hungry-for-love-and-its-feeding-time/#comment-30141
Sat, 23 May 2020 07:55:53 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2287#comment-30141This should be utterly self-evident on a moment’s thought, but frequently is not.

You cannot bring control and a positive direction if you don’t really understand the people you’re trying to rein in. At best, you’ll create other manifestations of the underlying condition that are a bit less damaging. But even that will tend to return to previous dysfunctions eventually, and if you don’t manage the *energy* as well as the symptoms – you’ll be in all kinds of hurt.

Not least from enormous expenditure of energy bottling stuff up. Until the containment field glitches and breaks.

True in business, personal life, society. You might still have to apply a tourniquet of sorts initially, but that isn’t a long-term solution.

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Comment on “Hungry for love and it’s feeding time…“ by donalgraeme https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/hungry-for-love-and-its-feeding-time/#comment-30139
Sat, 23 May 2020 06:36:33 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2287#comment-30139As always, I envy your gift of brevity, Ace.
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Comment on “Can’t close the closet on a shoe-box full of bones” by JD https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/cant-close-the-closet-on-a-shoe-box-full-of-bones/#comment-29861
Sat, 09 May 2020 19:21:36 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2283#comment-29861,
I think it's part of a chronic GenX suspicion of everything and everyone. Most of the people telling us we 'deserve' something are usually trying to sell it to us, be it a product or a lifestyle.
While the people declared 'worthy' are the sort we'd have run out of town or put in the stocks in simpler times. And we're older and wiser enough now to recognize that. Boomers still have their idols to this day; we know better about ours. Theirs, they still believe brought them liberation.
GenXers see clearly that most of that 'liberation' was from duty and loyalty. Our entire lives have been about being presented with the bill. Thus the sentiments of undeservedness and unworthiness.
Our greatest possession, in the end, is our soul and the story of its journey. And nobody's entitled to it. They might dissect it or armchair-quarterback it. It might be an object of mockery or hagiography. But it's damn well ours.
And it ain't over. Not by a long shot. Last I checked we're still living in History and only fools believe History gives anyone a vacation.
You abandoned your possessions because they couldn't come with you. You had to eject. The reasons were as life-threatening as if your apartment building was fully engulfed in flames.
We've been presented with the unacceptable, complete with shame for lack of enthusiasm. My intention is to keep every damn thing I've earned, for me and mine.
Best,
JD]]>A♠,

I think it’s part of a chronic GenX suspicion of everything and everyone. Most of the people telling us we ‘deserve’ something are usually trying to sell it to us, be it a product or a lifestyle.

While the people declared ‘worthy’ are the sort we’d have run out of town or put in the stocks in simpler times. And we’re older and wiser enough now to recognize that. Boomers still have their idols to this day; we know better about ours. Theirs, they still believe brought them liberation.

GenXers see clearly that most of that ‘liberation’ was from duty and loyalty. Our entire lives have been about being presented with the bill. Thus the sentiments of undeservedness and unworthiness.

Our greatest possession, in the end, is our soul and the story of its journey. And nobody’s entitled to it. They might dissect it or armchair-quarterback it. It might be an object of mockery or hagiography. But it’s damn well ours.

And it ain’t over. Not by a long shot. Last I checked we’re still living in History and only fools believe History gives anyone a vacation.

You abandoned your possessions because they couldn’t come with you. You had to eject. The reasons were as life-threatening as if your apartment building was fully engulfed in flames.

We’ve been presented with the unacceptable, complete with shame for lack of enthusiasm. My intention is to keep every damn thing I’ve earned, for me and mine.

Best,
JD

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Comment on “…still we close our eyes. Not again.” by JD https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/still-we-close-our-eyes-not-again/#comment-29756
Sun, 03 May 2020 00:13:33 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2280#comment-29756,
We've touched on this topic briefly but I think if there's a legitimate reason for the apparent overreaction, it's simply this:
- The CervezaBug came out of a lab, accidentally or otherwise ... and my vote is for 'otherwise'.
- On that basis it's an attempt at mass murder.
The 'flu' or any other cause of mortality is considered as just another line item on an actuarial table - part of the risk of being alive.
CervezaBug doesn't fall into that category. Something released on purpose subjects all levels of government to extreme financial or political liability if they don't act. Think 'Erin Brockovich' x 1 million.
That it can be used for abuses of power is a hazard but comes with the territory. Pearl Harbor was in modern parlance a 'limited airstrike with no boots on the ground' but gave FDR the green light to take the US into WW2. It would be 70 years until the average American got a glimmer of the truth; that FDR let it happen for that purpose.
My working conclusion is that the world's intelligence agencies know what CervezaBug is, how and why it was released (and IMO American politics and the 'Trump Economy' were the main target), and are holding those cards for later. 'Globalization' is now in the crosshairs of many ambitious nationalist leaders.
China will be economically devastated, to be sure, but the result may be something akin to the Tet Offensive ... amplifying American political defeatism and economic chaos in an election year. The CCP was bound to lose face in a tariff war; I think this was their Hail Mary to get a compliant US administration back into power. We'll see.
JD]]>A♠,

We’ve touched on this topic briefly but I think if there’s a legitimate reason for the apparent overreaction, it’s simply this:

– The CervezaBug came out of a lab, accidentally or otherwise … and my vote is for ‘otherwise’.
– On that basis it’s an attempt at mass murder.

The ‘flu’ or any other cause of mortality is considered as just another line item on an actuarial table – part of the risk of being alive.

CervezaBug doesn’t fall into that category. Something released on purpose subjects all levels of government to extreme financial or political liability if they don’t act. Think ‘Erin Brockovich’ x 1 million.

That it can be used for abuses of power is a hazard but comes with the territory. Pearl Harbor was in modern parlance a ‘limited airstrike with no boots on the ground’ but gave FDR the green light to take the US into WW2. It would be 70 years until the average American got a glimmer of the truth; that FDR let it happen for that purpose.

My working conclusion is that the world’s intelligence agencies know what CervezaBug is, how and why it was released (and IMO American politics and the ‘Trump Economy’ were the main target), and are holding those cards for later. ‘Globalization’ is now in the crosshairs of many ambitious nationalist leaders.

China will be economically devastated, to be sure, but the result may be something akin to the Tet Offensive … amplifying American political defeatism and economic chaos in an election year. The CCP was bound to lose face in a tariff war; I think this was their Hail Mary to get a compliant US administration back into power. We’ll see.

JD

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Comment on “…still we close our eyes. Not again.” by Wald https://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/still-we-close-our-eyes-not-again/#comment-29739
Sat, 02 May 2020 02:25:20 +0000http://80proofoinomancy.wordpress.com/?p=2280#comment-29739I’d say, “Keep fighting the good fight”, but you’ve been doing it for 30 years.